Assessing sustainable food behaviours of national park visitors: domestic/on vocation linkages, and their implications for park policies

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 153-167

  Slocum, Susan L ^a   Curtis, Kynda R ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agritourism; behavioural studies; national parks; sustainable tourism; tourist behaviour

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FOOD PRODUCTION; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

INTERMOUNTAIN WEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948576281     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2015.1062019     Document Type: Article

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